Infant feeding bib assembly



Nov. 18, 1947. H. M. LA Gl ER 2,431,052

INFANT FEEDING BIB ASSEMBLY Filed May 27, 1946 IiVVENTOR. flwva/eM/E If41/7674 9 v 7 BY Patented Nov. 18, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2Claims.

My invention relates to an infant feeding bib combination and has forits principal object, to provide simple, practical, inexpensive andhighly efficient bib combination to be worn by an infant and its motheror nurse, particularly while the infant is being taught to take foodfrom a spoon.

During the weaning period, and while the infant is being fed with aspoon, there are tendencies of infants to belch and spit out theadministered food, also to strike the spoon or hand holding same, withthe result that the clothing of both mother or nurse and infant aresoiled, or stained and it is one of the objects of my invention toprovide a bib combination that will afford ample protection for theclothing of the infant, the mother or nurse and which combination iscapable of being readily applied to or removed from the bodies ofwearers.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and claimed and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of the bib or apron that is worn by the mother ornurse.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the bib that is worn by the infant.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the bib assembled for use.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate apreferred embodiment of my invention, In designates a rectangular sheetof flexible material, preferably absorbent fabric such as toweling, andformed in the upper portion of the sheet is a neck opening I l and aslit l2 that extends from said opening to the adjacent end edge of thesheet.

This sheet is the bib or apron for the mother or nurse, and is ofsuflicient size to cover the front and sides of the body, the shoulderand upper portions of the arms, also the upper portion of the wearersback and lap, or the front of the thighs of the wearer when seated.

Flexible ties l3, preferably of tape, have their inner ends secured tosheet ID at the rear of opening H to the sides of slot 12 thus providingsimple means for securing the bib or apron positioned on the wearer.

Seated in sheet I along the lower left hand edge are the stud members I4of conventional snap fasteners or other readily detachable connections.

The infants bib shown in Fig. 2 comprises a rectangular sheet if offlexible material, preferably absorbent fabric such as toweling, andformed in the upper central portion of said sheet is a neck opening IS,with a slot l'l extending from the rear side of said opening to theadjacent end of the sheet.

The inner ends of the ties are secured to the sheet to the rearofopening [6 on opposite sides of slot ll, thus enabling the bib to beproperly secured in position on the infant's body.

Positioned on the back side of sheet I5 below and to the sides of neckopening l6 and secured by stitching or otherwise is a reinforcement l9composed of one or more layers of absorbent fabric which affordsadditional protection for that portion of the infants clothingimmediately below and to the sides of the infants head and neck.

Seated in the edges of sheet l5, in transverse alignment with theopening l6 are the complementary members 20 of snap fasteners which,when the bib is in use, are connected beneath the arms of the infant soas to retain the shoulder and arm covering portions of the bib in properposition on the body.

Seated in sheet [5 along the inner left hand edge thereof are severalsocket members 21 of conventional snap fasteners, and which are adaptedto receive the complementary studs M, when the two bibs are assembledfor use.

There are several more studs 4 than sockets 2 I, thus enabling theinfants bib to be adjusted vertically on the right hand side of the bibor the apron Hi.

The use of readily detachable fasteners between the bibs enable same tobe readily disconnected if in an emergency, the mother or nurse isrequired to answer the door bell or telephone.

Secured to the lower corners of sheet [5, are the inner ends of ties 22adapted to be tied in the back, thus maintaining the protective bib inproper position on the infants body.

My improved bib; assembly provides simple, practical and inexpensivemeans for protecting the clothing of the mother or nurse and infantwhile feeding the infant with a spoon, is capable of being readilylaundered, conserves the laundering of the clothes worn by the mother ornurse and infant, and aifords comfort by relieving the infant and itsmother or nurse from nervous strains.

Thus it will be seen that I have provided an infant feeding bibcombination that is simple in structure, inexpensive of manufacture andvery effective in performing the functions for which it is intended.

Minor changes in the size, form and construction of the various parts ofmy improved infant feeding bib combination may be made and substitutedfor those herein shown and described, without departing from the spiritof the invention, the scope of which is set forth in the appendedclaims.

I claim as my invention:

1. In an infant feeding bib assembly, a sheet of flexible materialprovided near one end with a neck opening, and with a slot leading fromsaid opening to the adjacent edge of the sheet, a smaller sheet offlexible material adapted to be positioned to the side of said firstmentioned sheet and provided near one end with a neck opening and with aslot leading from said neck opening to the adjacent edge of said sheetmeans for adjustably and detachably connecting the lower inner edge ofone sheet to adjacent lower inner edge of the other sheet.

4 2. An infant feeding bib assembly as set forth in claim 1 with tiessecured to the lower corners of said smaller sheet for maintaining samein proper position on the wearer's body.

HONORINE M. LA GIER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 889,073 Walbridge May 26, 19081,489,046 Thompson Apr. 1, 1924 15 2,077,244 Le Roy Apr. 13, 19372,093,483 Sackett Sept. 21, 1937

